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"Development for Congress meant distributing handpumps": PM Modi

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"Development for Congress meant distributing handpumps": PM Modi

Morbi (Gujarat), Nov 29 (ANI): Lashing out at the Congress for its failure to serve Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that for the grand-old party, 'development was just synonymous to distributing handpumps'. He added that for the BJP, 'development' means 'SAUNI Yojana' and large pipelines that carry Narmada waters. "For Congress, 'development' was giving hand pumps. For BJP, it is SAUNI Yojana and large pipelines that carry Narmada waters", the Prime Minister said. Cornering former prime minister Indira Gandhi, he said: "When Indira Ben came to Morbi, I remember there was a photo of her in Chitralekha Magazine with a hanky over her nose due to the foul smells, but for Jansangh/RSS the streets of Morbi are fragrant, its the fragrance of humanity." Lauding the BJP's work in Gujarat, PM Modi claimed: "In Gujarat, we initiated a mass movement to conserve every drop of water. This is because we understand the adverse impact of lack of water. Development for us is n

Morbi (Gujarat), Nov 29 (ANI): Lashing out at the Congress for its failure to serve Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that for the grand-old party, 'development was just synonymous to distributing handpumps'. He added that for the BJP, 'development' means 'SAUNI Yojana' and large pipelines that carry Narmada waters. "For Congress, 'development' was giving hand pumps. For BJP, it is SAUNI Yojana and large pipelines that carry Narmada waters", the Prime Minister said. Cornering former prime minister Indira Gandhi, he said: "When Indira Ben came to Morbi, I remember there was a photo of her in Chitralekha Magazine with a hanky over her nose due to the foul smells, but for Jansangh/RSS the streets of Morbi are fragrant, its the fragrance of humanity." Lauding the BJP's work in Gujarat, PM Modi claimed: "In Gujarat, we initiated a mass movement to conserve every drop of water. This is because we understand the adverse impact of lack of water. Development for us is n